marchmatness https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/ Articles from the NCAA Division I wrestling championship record, by Matt Grogan. en-us Do bonus points explain Penn State's NCAA wrestling dynasty?https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/bonus/https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/bonus/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTPenn State set a third straight scoring record in 2026 with 17 tech falls. Across 13 title runs, though, most of its separation came from the podium. Every scored bout since 2001, an arithmetic sensitivity test, and a seed-adjusted comparison with the other champions.Checking a claim Every NCAA championship bout since 1928, and how to find the one you wanthttps://www.marchmatness.app/articles/field-guide/https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/field-guide/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTA fan's guide to NCAA Wrestling Data: how to get around 39,395 championship bouts since 1928, and how to use Match Finder to find semifinal upsets by program.Field guide Fifteen to nothing, four to nothing, eight to nothing: the shutout artists of the NCAA tournamenthttps://www.marchmatness.app/articles/shutouts/https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/shutouts/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTA fan's look at the shutout artists of the NCAA wrestling tournament: Jake Percival's three straight zeroes in 2005, the Cornell pair tied at ten shutouts, and why Spencer Lee and Troy Steiner sit above everyone.From the record book Is Penn State's semifinal record really unmatched?https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/semifinals/https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/semifinals/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTChecking the claim that Penn State under Cael Sanderson has been unmatched in the NCAA quarterfinals and semifinals, bout by bout, against every program and every era.Checking a claim Who has pulled the most upsets at the NCAA tournament?https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/upsets/https://www.marchmatness.app/articles/upsets/Thu, 24 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMTShane Griffith won the 2021 NCAA title as an eight seed, in a black singlet, for a Stanford program that had been cut. He has since pulled more seeded upsets than any wrestler in the record. We counted them across every seeding era.Running the numbers